The GiveWell Blog

GiveWell’s plan for 2013: A top-level decision

[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] This is the fourth post (of five) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. The final post will be our metrics report. One of the major questions we grappled with in 2012 – and probably the single…

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GiveWell is hiring

GiveWell continues to seek outstanding people to join our team. In addition to the Research Analyst position for which we’ve been accepting applications, we’ve also recently posted another job opening. For the Research Associate position, we seek someone with a strong background in causal inference and quantitative research methods either through academic coursework at the…

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Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a project

This is the third post (of five) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post answers a set of critical questions for GiveWell stakeholders. The questions are the same as last year’s. Is GiveWell’s research process “robust,” i.e., can it be continued and maintained without relying on the co-Founders? Where…

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Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a donor resource

This is the second post (of five) that we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post answers a set of critical questions about the state of GiveWell as a donor resource. The questions are the same as last year’s. Does GiveWell provide quality research that highlights truly outstanding charities in…

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GiveWell’s progress in 2012

This is the first post (of five) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. As in past years, we’re going to be posting our annual self-evaluation and plan as a series of blog posts. This post summarizes what changed for GiveWell in 2012 and what it means for the future. Future…

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